Table 2
Quarterly change in Canada's international investment position
| Position at beginning of period – Fourth quarter 2023 | Financial account transactions – Fourth quarter 2023 | Revaluations attributable to exchange rate changes – Fourth quarter 2023 | Revaluations attributable to market price changes – Fourth quarter 2023 | All other changes to the position – Fourth quarter 2023 | Position at end of period – Fourth quarter 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | |
| Assets | 8,424.5 | 185.2 | -65.8 | 492.3 | 1.3 | 9,037.6 |
| Direct investment assets | 3,789.0 | 16.2 | -21.8 | 165.4 | -0.8 | 3,948.0 |
| Canadian portfolio investment | 3,021.7 | 33.5 | -19.5 | 322.3 | 49.6 | 3,407.6 |
| Foreign debt securities | 802.4 | 13.8 | -7.9 | 35.1 | 5.6 | 849.0 |
| Foreign equity and investment fund shares | 2,219.3 | 19.7 | -11.6 | 287.2 | 44.1 | 2,558.7 |
| Official international reserves | 152.0 | 0.8 | -1.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 156.4 |
| Other Canadian investment | 1,461.8 | 134.7 | -23.5 | -0.0 | -47.5 | 1,525.5 |
| Liabilities | 7,035.5 | 185.3 | -36.2 | 175.2 | 0.6 | 7,360.3 |
| Direct investment liabilities | 2,456.1 | 11.3 | -0.6 | 48.9 | -1.1 | 2,514.6 |
| Foreign portfolio investment | 2,817.3 | 12.0 | -9.5 | 126.3 | 0.1 | 2,946.2 |
| Canadian debt securities | 1,902.0 | 20.0 | -9.5 | 64.4 | 0.1 | 1,976.9 |
| Canadian equity and investment fund shares | 915.3 | -8.0 | 0.0 | 62.0 | 0.0 | 969.3 |
| Other foreign investment | 1,762.1 | 161.9 | -26.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1,899.6 |
| Net international investment position | 1,389.0 | -0.1 | -29.6 | 317.1 | 0.8 | 1,677.3 |
Note(s):
Other changes to the position include volume changes (write-offs, reclassifications or residency changes), changes to the position resulting from discrepancies between flow and stock data sources, as well as changes arising from changes in the value of financial derivatives.
Source(s):
Table 36-10-0454-01.
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